La Gomera
German buyers push up house prices in Playa de Santiago
The arrival of foreign buyers, mainly German, is straining an already limited housing market in southern La Gomera.
Canary Islands
Tenerife
Realejo Bajo, the Founding Heart of Los Realejos, Fights to Keep Its Residents as the Coast Pulls Them Away
The neighbourhood combines rich heritage with a slow process of depopulation, according to council sources.
Gran Canaria
Vecindario sees its biggest new-build boom in two decades as the capital runs out of land
Several residential developments under way in Vecindario and around Arinaga are attracting families priced out of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, according to cons…
Lanzarote
Teguise considers halting new holiday-let licences in Costa Teguise amid pressure on long-term rentals
Teguise Town Council is weighing up limits on new tourist licences in Costa Teguise after several residents' groups warned that almost no flats are left for re…
La Graciosa
Not one more plot: the Chinijo Archipelago Natural Park leaves Caleta de Sebo with no room to expand
The protected status covering La Graciosa and its islets rules out almost any expansion of the built-up area, which has kept the number of homes available on t…
Gran Canaria
Tejeda sells rural houses at bargain prices while Gran Canaria's coast breaks price records
The gap between the depopulated interior and the tourist coast keeps widening: traditional homes are available in Tejeda well below the island average price, b…
Tenerife
Garachico Steps Up Restoration of Its Historic Houses as Abandonment Spreads
Garachico Council is stepping up renovation grants amid the risk of decay in the historic quarter.
Fuerteventura
Betancuria drives the restoration of traditional Majorero housing in its historic centre
Fuerteventura's smallest municipality, and the island's former capital, is seeking to curb the abandonment of its traditional houses with grants to restore its…
La Gomera
Young people in San Sebastián de La Gomera give up on moving out due to a lack of affordable housing
House prices in the island capital are pricing much of the under-35 population out of the market.
Lanzarote
Young people in Tinajo give up on buying a first home despite the lowest prices in Lanzarote
Although Tinajo still has some of the most affordable housing on the island, young residents remain shut out of a first home by the shortage of land, the lack …
La Palma
Young people in Santa Cruz de La Palma give up on the capital and look for flats in nearby towns
Rents in the old town of Santa Cruz de La Palma have priced out much of the under-35 population, who are shifting their search for a first home to nearby munic…
Lanzarote
Órzola, the small fishing port running out of homes for its own families as tourism to La Graciosa surges
The historic fishing village of Órzola, in the municipality of Haría, is watching much of its housing stock turn into tourist accommodation serving the constan…